Improvement in coin-counters



M. MOOOMB. Coin-Counter.

No. 210,346. Patented Nov. 26, 1878-.

N, PETERS. FHOTQ-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

MARSHALL MCCOMB, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-COUNTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,346, dated November 26, 1878; application filed January 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARsHALL McGolvm, of Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a Coin-Counter, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to facilitate the handling. of coins in stores, or at toll-gates, ferries, or other places where change must be delivered to parties having gloved hands, which interfere with the ready withdrawal of the coins from the counters.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view, showing a counter c011- structed in accordance with my invention, and Fig.2 is a transverse section.

A is the top or face of the counter, which at the front edge is provided with a tilting chute, face, or plate, B. The plate is horizontal, is arranged to turn on pivots or trunnions near its center, and is generally flush with the counter, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but extends forward to the edge, and may be depressed atthe front end, so that the money placed thereon slides into'the hand of the r'eceiver as the same is applied to depress the end.

I claim The plate B, arranged to occupy a horizontal position in or upon a counter, A, with its end projecting beyond the edge thereof, and 

